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...second quarter culminating in the Democratic gains of Nov. 3, Nixon has already begun rejiggering his offense for the drive to his own re-election two years hence. He has yet to announce any formal changes in the first-team lineup, but his lieutenants are gesturing frantically from the bench. At a breakfast meeting with some 15 newsmen last week, one important Nixon aide let it be known that as many as three Cabinet officers will soon be pulled out for good. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a Democrat who has served as a liberal goad to Nixon-notably on the welfare...
...injury, old roly-poly George took over and fired three touchdown passes, kicked three extra points and added a field goal to demolish the Steelers 31-14. Two weeks ago, with the World Champion Chiefs leading 17-14 in a battle for the division lead, Blanda came off the bench to attempt a 48-yd. field goal with just three seconds remaining. The Chiefs stationed 6-ft. 9-in. Tight End Morris Stroud at the goal post to try to jump up and block the ball on its downward flight. Blanda kicked, Stroud leaped, and the ball sailed inches over...
Last weekend's Princeton game in the Yale Bowl served only to bolster the aura surrounding the 29-29 tie as erratic. Tiger quarterback Rod Plummer came off the bench in the second quarter and stirred a Princeton comeback that fell short in the dying moments...
...MIGHT take Lukas' disclaimer that this is just a short little book as an excuse for not telling the whole story of the Chicago conspiracy trial. He calls it a contribution, but it is much more substantive. The tales of Hoffman's tenure on the bench, the glimpses of the defendants, captured in short personal sketches, and the visions of the city and the people are not peripheral, they are the essence, carefully edited and arranged to elucidate the conflicts...
With four starters already on the bench with injuries, it was no doubt discouraging to see four more limp off the file